Following right behind Armen, second in line in the little disorderly procession of Level Six employees, Laura walked through the door that led into the work area. Amidst the mess of an office, she wiggled her bare toes and caught sight of something familiar.

“Shoesies!” She picked up her heels, which she had left in there earlier so she could have better mobility while battling the figurines, and slipped them on. Exciting moment, indeed.

Once her feet were no longer nakedy, Laura took a good long look at the sad-looking work area. Ever since the Ministry remodel, she had very much liked it enough in there. The desks were all nice and neat and here and there the room was decorated with sensibly placed filing cabinets and ornate plants. But now, it looked like everything had just fell apart. Argh.

Laura glanced over at Armen. “Don’t worry about anything. You’re needed at the Minister’s meeting, and we can handle everything here,” she assured him. She was convinced that battling the figurines was the hard part. Cleaning should be more fun. There was nothing attacking them now.

It took a good amount of self control to keep from giggling as Laura watched Armen casually pluck his jacket up from the ridiculously broken coat rack. But she did grin a little. After Armen was out of sight, she sighed. And took out her wand.

“Let’s make sure Armen has no reason to take back his compliment,” Laura added to Nathaniel's comment, glancing at all the employees. Then, she started over to the four division head desks up at the front of the room and begin cleaning up the mess. The promise of a surprise for them all was a good motivator, after all.